Chris Jones vs. Slate's Tom Scocca, Part ... 3?

Not as pleased as the Attention Whore of Chris Jones Threads seems to be.

Do you have a Google Alert to notify you when he's mentioned on this board? Because you only show up when there's a chance to rip him.

 

He did trace the murky underbelly of its cupcakeness. And there was a picture of a cupcake. So it had that, too. It was an article about cupcakes for people who love cupcakes.

 

Knowing your audience is 110 percent of the battle.

 

that piece rocked. good read.

 

60 percent of the time, that works every time.

 

Bridges or the cupcake?

 

I started to read the Bridges piece and I was stopped the "loving God" reference. It sounded out of place. Then it got stuck in my head and I remembered the phrase is in one of my all-time favorite songs, "Seven Hillsides." Any excuse to post great lyrics:

All night I've wrestled Jacob's angels
And prayed with Matthew, Luke and John
Struggling to find the words to face the task
That comes upon the blood red dawn.

I've buried men before their time
Of alcohol and blackened lung
But how to bury seven of these
Appalachian miners sons.
Who stormed the beaches wave on wave,
And sailed home to these rocky graves
In family plots that bared their names.

Chorus:
Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every one
Will turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?
And there I'll stand good book in hand,
A shepherd to these precious lambs
What will I say, what will I say, what can I say?

To tell the truth I'd never thought much
About the will of God before.
Called to preach at seventeen
I was in love with fiery words and not much more.

The time has come to keep the faith
For others shattered by their loss.
Remind them of the loving God
Whose son like theirs paid the cost.
To save a sad and wicked world
Through sacrifice our love is heard
And pray that I believe those words.

Chorus:
Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every one
Will turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?...

 

Tom Scocca kicks ass. The beginning of that piece was a home run.

There should be more slamming of the admirers, though.

 

I wrote a response to Tom Scocca, and the usual creep suspects here, on my blog.

http://sonofboldventure.blogspot.com/2011/04/response-to-tom-scocca.html

 

Nice.

 

OK, but you have to admit, the cupcake thing had a picture of cupcakes.

 

Going out on a limb, I'll say this discussion will not be as thrilling as the previous one was. That one had all the elements. If it were a Three Stooges clip, the lights would have been off, and the fighting would have been noisy.